--- title: People in ancient times found huge bones with beaks in the desert. W… — Fossils · tree and pragmatics description: People in ancient times found huge bones with beaks in the desert. What legend may this have led to? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 57 «Fossils» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Fossils](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fossils People in ancient times found huge bones with beaks in the desert. What legend may this have led to? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** People · **What happens:** find, lead · **To what, where:** huge bones, legend This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 57 «Fossils» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/57-fossils/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* People in ancient times found huge bones with beaks in the desert. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t7:1 # text = People in ancient times found huge bones with beaks in the desert. 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | People in ancient times | huge bones | | | | with beaks in the desert | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Topic | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What legend may this have led to? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t7:2 # text = What legend may this have led to? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | may · perfect · passive | | legend | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Griffins ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t7:o1:1 # text = Griffins 1 Griffins griffin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Unicorns made of glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t7:o2:1 # text = Unicorns made of glass 1 Unicorns unicorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | Unicorns *not said here* | | | | of glass | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mermaids ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t7:o3:1 # text = Mermaids 1 Mermaids mermaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Talking trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t7:o4:1 # text = Talking trees 1 Talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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